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Use Client's Time Zone

by drmikegreen · Uncategorized

Sets the default time zone for PHP scripts to that of the client.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
48 Health · D
Maintenance 10/100
Rating quality 77/100
Support 70/100

48 health vs 56 average across 16,377 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

28/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

53 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 19/100
WP compatibility 60/100
Rating quality 59/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1053 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+25% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

111

now · peak 239

11130d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Use Client's Time Zo · #13886 you MX Time Zone Clocks · #5861 WP TimeZone · #13664

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.4Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

1.1Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

2.9y ago

latest release · v1.3.2

5

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.3.2 · 2.9y ago1.1.3 · 11.6y ago1.1.2 · 11.6y ago1.1.1 · 11.6y ago1.1 · 11.6y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈170

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2016-05-27 · 1,387 observations

100Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.1.5
Last updated
2.9y ago
Added
2012-09-20 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
1.5
Tested up to
6.3.10
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. Generosus
    2.9y ago

    This is the ONLY plugin in WordPress’ repository capable of detecting and displaying a site visitor’s local time and time zone on the site’s frontend. Bonus: This plugin is compatible with WordPress 6.3.2 and PHP 8.3.0 (latest versions as of today). Note: If you’re having any issues using this plugin, please visit the plugin’s support forum for a solution. Kudos to the developer!

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  2. Saad Sheikh
    4.7y ago

    Thank you for this useful plugin, it works fine on WP 5.8.2. Please keep it maintained.

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  3. alangrainger
    8.9y ago

    Does exactly what it says.

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  4. neosoft
    9.7y ago

    Fine

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  5. Jeroendebeurs
    11.3y ago

    Plugin sets a cookie with the timezone of the user, which you can read for your custom coding. Works great.

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  6. drmikegreen
    11.5y ago

    Contrary to the review by davywavy, the plugin works just as is described to work. This can be tested by changing the time on your computer to be in a time zone which is in a different day. E.g., if you live in New York, change the time zone on your computer to that of Sydney. You should see the information (in the case of the example at http://prayercentral.net/devotionals/a-word-for-today/) for the next day. (Check a site like http://www.timeanddate.com/ to be sure to get a time zone which is in a different day than the one normally set on your computer.)

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  7. davywavy
    11.6y ago

    Fake plugin, demo just shows a prayer for the day with no timezone info at all. Dont bother with it.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3.2

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-12-06 200+ → 100+ down after 23 days in tier
  2. 2025-11-13 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2025-11-12 200+ → 100+ down after 489 days in tier
  4. 2024-07-11 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2024-07-10 200+ → 300+ up after 10 days in tier
  6. 2024-06-30 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
  7. 2024-06-27 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in tier
  8. 2024-06-24 300+ → 200+ down after 11 days in tier

Competes with

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